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TIL the official state gem of Washington is petrified wood

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m1jxx TIL Hitler was obsessed with his teenage niece, Geli Raubal, making her a virtual prisoner in his home and perhaps his lover.
69NkZ TIL Johnson & Johnson lost thousands of lawsuits costing billions in damages over their talcum-based baby powder, and then created a subsidiary to dump on that liability onto before declaring the subsidiary went bankrupt, shielding them from the lawsuit claims
ADkRx TIL Thomas Jefferson thought the constitution should be rewritten every 20 years.
ne4VW TIL the US government invested $90,000 promoting Vidalia onions as part of a promotion with Shrek (with tax payer money)
9Y8rD TIL of the Flint Effect. A result of cities being so delinquent in solving murders they appear to be beset by serial killers.